At grass level to test or at altitude to weigh. At the foot of the Pyrenees as everywhere else, Sébastien Piqueronies, the manager of Pau, alternates between the role of shepherd and that of chess player. First placed on the field along the touchline, at eye level, then perched in the stands after returning from the locker room. The ritual is immutable. The coach of the Section Paloise splits his matches into two.
“I need to be connected to my players in the first half,” he emphasizes. Then during the second, I have to decide on coaching so I prefer to have a good overview. » Thus the two facets of the central character of the Béarnais club are expressed on the pitch: feeling and emotion on the one hand, analysis and reflection on the other, but always the same sense of observation.
